EUNICE, La. – The college baseball is already underway at LSU Eunice, but for nearly three dozen former Bengal standouts, the road is set to begin this weekend. LSUE will have 33 former student-athletes continuing their baseball careers at the four-year level, including 27 at the NCAA Division I level.
The Bengals will have players representing 11 different NCAA Division I conferences including the Southeastern, Big Ten, Big 12, American, Conference USA, Sun Belt, Coastal Athletic, Missouri Valley, Horizon League, Southland, and Southwestern Athletic Conferences.
LSU Eunice has nearly all of collegiate baseball represented with student-athletes at the NCAA Division II, NAIA, and NCCAA levels.
Under the direction of head coach Jeff Willis, LSU Eunice Baseball has sent nearly 300 student-athletes to the four-year level. This year, those #NextLevelBengals are:
Southeastern Conference (SEC) – Connor Benge, LSU; Josh Gregoire, South Carolina
Big Ten Conference – Grant Mangrum, Ohio State
Big 12 Conference – Tyson LeBlanc, Kansas
American Conference – Jacob Moore, Tulane; Caden Tarango, Tulane; Alex Dupuy, UAB
Conference USA –Liam Watt, Dallas Baptist; Parker Coley, Western Kentucky
Sun Belt Conference – Alec Beversdorf, Texas State; Haydan Toal, ULM; Samuel Marsh, ULM
Southland Conference – Blake Lobell, Southeastern; Sawyer Simmons, Southeastern; Patrick Vienne, Southeastern; Nick Gisclair, Southeastern; Parker Morgan, McNeese State; Reese Ashworth, McNeese State; Korey Cooper, McNeese State; Tyler Johnson, Nicholls State; Will Mabry, Nicholls State; Owen Schexnaydre, Nicholls State; Collin Husser, New Orleans
Coastal Athletic Conference – Parker Webb, Campbell
Missouri Valley Conference – Weston Fulk, Indiana State
Horizon League – Jackson Fraser, Northern Kentucky
Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) – Evan Joubert, Texas Southern
NCAA Division II – Eli Lamb, West Florida
NAIA – Hunter Ponson, Loyola (NO); Drew Lee, Loyola (NO); Ashton Fuselier, Georgia Gwinnett; Jackson Legg, Georgia Gwinnett
NCCAA – Bennett Clement, University of Fort Lauderdale